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Subscribe to the world's #1 PC gaming mag Try a single issue or save on a subscription Issues delivered straight to your door or device From£35.99View Amazon Prime Day Deals Essential Hardware PC Gaming Show Recommended reading For a limited time you can get all the XCOM games for just $10—yes, even that one Fanatical has a load of summer bundles on, so I've picked out the games that deserve your attention Tempest Rising review: A stalwart defence of everything that made the RTS great in the first place The best strategy games on PC We've outgrown the need for BioShock, but you can get the whole trilogy plus Mafia 1, 2, and 3 for a mere $18 right now Humble's latest bundle gets you every Doom game, a discount on Doom: The Dark Ages and some Wolfenstein as a treat for less than $30 XCOM 2 is $2.40, and its excellent DLC War of the Chosen ain't far off—making the all-time tactical strategy great cheaper than takeout It's time to sort your life out and marathon the finest WW2 real-time tactics games of the early '00s—and for a mere $10, too Joshua Wolens 11 July 2025 Well, early '00s and late '90s. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. (Image credit: Kalypso Media) It all used to be better, you know. The sun shone, cool winds caressed amber cornfields, everyone got all the Christmas presents they asked for, and real-time strategy was the dish of the day—the genre Goliath to which all others were mere Davids. Except they were losing. They were like David but they lost. I'm losing the thread, but the point is that RTS games are good and, in 2025, tragically underserved. Still, chin up: the latest Humble Bundle consists of a whole bunch of RTS bangers (and some less-than-bangers) to tide you over in our ongoing real-time strategy drought. Look, mostly I just want you to play Commandos which—speaking accurately—is more real-time tactics than strategy. Nevertheless, I have a great affection for the series and all its cousins—stuff like Desperados and Shadow Tactics. These are games which put you in command of a gradually expanding roster of little guys who each have their own special abilities, then task you with applying them creatively in order to complete your objectives across some really-quite-pretty maps. Best gaming laptop 2025All our current recommendations 👉Check out our full guide👈 1. Best overall: Razer Blade 16 (2025) 2. Best budget: Gigabyte G6X 3. Best 14-inch: Razer Blade 14 (2025) 4. Best mid-range: MSI Vector 16 HX AI 5. Best high-performance: Lenovo Legion Pro 7i Gen 10 6. Best 17-inch: Gigabyte Aorus 17X Commandos has you doing that in World War 2, quite laudably, and the games packed into Humble's RTS Bundle run nearly the whole gamut of the series. You've got Commandos 1 (plus its expansion pack: Beyond the Call of Duty), Commandos 2, and Commandos 3, which people liked a fair bit less than the first two but, hey, might as well grab it while it's there. It's not all Commandos, mind you. For the $10 (£7.34) Humble asks, you also get: Men of War: Assault Squad 2 (which we scored 75% in our Men of War: Assault Squad 2 review) AI War 2 (which we scored 86%) Stronghold: Definitive Edition From The Depths Tooth And Tail (awarded a coveted Fraser Brown 80%) Like I said, some bangers in there, but really it's the Commandos stuff that perks my ears up. One note: both Commandos 2 and 3 have had HD remasters over the years, but they aren't in this bundle. You get the plain-Jane OG versions instead. Frankly, with both the remasters sitting at a tepid Mixed rating in the Steam reviews, maybe that's for the better. Just be ready to tinker with stuff like the Commandos HD project if you're keen to get them running at modern resolutions. You also won't get Commandos: Origins, the series revival that released last April to relatively decent user reviews, because I imagine Kalypso is still keen on selling that at full price. 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You must confirm your public display name before commenting Please logout and then login again, you will then be prompted to enter your display name. For a limited time you can get all the XCOM games for just $10—yes, even that one Fanatical has a load of summer bundles on, so I've picked out the games that deserve your attention Tempest Rising review: A stalwart defence of everything that made the RTS great in the first place The best strategy games on PC We've outgrown the need for BioShock, but you can get the whole trilogy plus Mafia 1, 2, and 3 for a mere $18 right now Humble's latest bundle gets you every Doom game, a discount on Doom: The Dark Ages and some Wolfenstein as a treat for less than $30 Latest in Strategy Mount & Blade 2's naval expansion will have complex sailing with wind, currents, and respect for a boat's draft Runaway city-building success Manor Lords is getting a major overhaul to its systems: 'It's not just a new feature or two. 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